Saturday, February 23, 2013

A few months back I finally decided to man up, be a brave little trooper and face one of my biggest fears. I don't think I've mentioned this on my blog before but I have a terrible fear of needles. And by terrible I mean completely irrational, all consuming, paralyzing fear. I remember this one time when I was at the hospital with my mom, she was giving blood in the next room and I was waiting in the hall. There was a window and to pass the time I remember looking at this sad little birch tree that was growing in the parking lot. Suddenly one birch became two, two became four and the next thing I know, I was on the ground. So just the idea of needles poking around in some ones skin was enough for me to pass out. So you see the extent of my little phobia. But as I said I finally faced the mother of all my fears and got a tattoo that I've been longing for years. And if you ignore the fact that I almost passed out after the first three minutes and the tattoo artist had to run out for some water and ammonia, I think I did pretty good. Anyway it's a line from the most beautiful poem, written by an Estonian author Artur Alliksaar. I'm not going to translate it, not even going to try. I think it's just one of those things that would get lost in translation. But his words have haunted, inspired and given me peace of mind for as long as I can remember so I'm very happy to always have them with me now. But I'm going to let you enjoy the pictures now, I hope you like them and be sure to tell me what you think :)

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I had a perfectly mellow Valentine's Day. So here's a selection of photographs and my illustrations for this months Anne&Stiil magazine that I thought I'd share with you guys. They turned out surprisingly delightful, despite the fact that I'm a bit of an anti romantic and illustrating an article about wonderful "love at first sight" stories isn't the most inspiring thing I can do. I also made some postcards with the illustrations and they made really cute presents to give to my friends. Overall I had a really lovely day, we ate cake and learned how much work goes into making a perfect suit for le menfolk, and like a cherry on top of a romantic little cake I called it a day with watching How I Met Your Mother and munching on some milk chocolate. I hope you like the pictures and be sure to tell me what you think :)

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